Saleh re-elected president of Yemen - Al Jazeera EnglishYemen, has been re-elected with 77.2 per cent of the vote, state-run television has said. ">Yemen, has been re-elected with 77.2 per cent of the vote, state-run television has said. ">Yemen, has been re-elected with 77.2 per cent of the vote, state-run television has said. ">

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Saleh re-elected president of Yemen

Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president of <?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Yemen</st1:country-region></st1:place>, has been re-elected with 77.2 per cent of the vote, state-run television has said. <

23 Sep 2006 20:04 GMT

Saleh won 77.2 per cent of the total votes

The final count showed on Saturday that Saleh's main opponent Faisal al-Shamlan, a former oil minister, received 21.8 per cent of the total six million votes cast from Wednesday’s election.

The television said turnover was 65 per cent of the 9.3 million registered voters in the polls, held also to elect municipal councils.